Saturday, March 11, 2017

Shroud Sourcing

A new Morning Consult/Politico survey, conducted between
March 2nd and March 6th, and published on the 8th,
found that fully 44 percent of respondents believed it is “likely” reporters
“make up” anonymous sources.

But, according
to a source I can’t reveal, 43% of those 44% don’t believe the (supposed)
results of that very survey. President Trump himself does not like
anonymous-source reporting, and also believes that some- if not most- of these
sources are falsified, and that the “information” contained in these reporter’s
stories is often fabricated. Unless I just fabricated that information.

During
his address last month to the Conservative Political Action Conference, the
president stated: “They have no sources; they just make ‘em up when there are none,”
un-anonymously citing “himself” as the source for that accusation.

Only
36% of survey respondents said it is “not likely” journalists fabricate their
unnamed sources… according to an unnamed source.

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays